Rolling Stones Tickets Selling
for Thousands
Oct. 18, 2012
Tickets for the Rolling Stones' gigs
in London are selling for thousands of dollars days before the public can
officially get their hands on seats. The rockers are set to return to the stage
next month for the first time in five years to mark the band's 50th
anniversary, and they've announced two shows at the British capital's O2 Arena
and two December concerts at the Prudential Center in New Jersey.
But British fans have been
left outraged by the high price of tickets for the London shows, which start at
more than $160 for the cheapest seats. Tickets for the London gigs have been
made available early for fan club members and sponsors, and seats are already
selling for high prices online a full day before they go on general sale.
Resale website Getmein.com is listing some tickets for as much as $21,120,
while others are being offered from between $589.60 and $17,600.
Tickets are also being sold
off on auction website eBay.com for as much as $9,600. The band will play
London on Nov. 25 and 26, and in New Jersey on Dec. 13 and 15. Tickets for
the U.S. shows will be released to the public on Oct. 26.
Today’s
headlines are about the Rolling Stones and the expense of their tickets to
their upcoming concert. I told you yesterday…that in 1970…I saw Led Zeppelin
from the 13th row for $5.50. Fans are a little upset in London…where
the first concert for the Stones will be…because the worst seats in the house…the
worst seats…the one waaaayyyyy back there and waaaayyyyy up there….and maybe
behind the column that holds the ceiling to the stadium up…is going for $160.
The
way concert tickets are sold these days is just short of highway robbery. You
can’t get them…it seems…without going through a middle man and paying extra
fees. Ticketmaster has to charge their fees…or you buy them from a scalper who
somehow bought them before they even went on sale to the public…and he marks up
the price to make extra money. When the Stones come to the U.S., I’ll bet the
ticket prices won’t be much cheaper than what the Londoner’s are complaining
about. To get tickets on the floor near the stage…be prepared to pay $1000…if
you can get them that cheap.
Now…having
said that…if I got the chance…I’d consider shelling out several hundred dollars
to go see the Stones. Cindy & I saw them in the late ‘90s and they
were absolutely fantastic. I had never been a big Stones fan…(much more a
Beatles fan)…but we went to see them anyway. I left the concert…being a 'big'
Stones fan. The show was unbelievably good.
Now…that was over 15 years
ago…Mick and the boys might have to be pushed out on stage in their wheelchairs and
they may not get around as good as they did then.
But I’d be willing to take a chance.
They’ll be the best damn ‘wheel chair’ band I might ever see.
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